The proprietary AI assistant Bixby installed in the Galaxy series and the original store Galaxy Store. Overseas media reports that Google is negotiating with the Google Assistant to give preferential treatment to the Play Store for these Samsung's proprietary specifications.
Some of the higher-end models of Galaxy smartphones have a dedicated Bixby button, and Bixby is also available on the company's smartwatch.
And Samsung is the manufacturer that has the largest share of smartphones in the world and has released the most Android smartphones. On the Google side, it's natural to want the Google Assistant to be used instead of its own voice AI assistant.
According to Bloomberg and Reuters, Google has been negotiating for a long time, but now it is negotiating on better terms for Google in line with sluggish smartphone sales due to the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). I am telling you that.
Also, it is not limited to this time that Google is urging other companies to use Google services, for example, instead of adopting it as the default search engine of iOS, it is said that it pays 1 trillion yen annually.
It's unclear if Google wants to quit Bixby or the Galaxy Store altogether, or separate it from the device and make the Google Assistant more accessible.
"We continue to work on our ecosystem and services," Samsung said in a statement. "Like all Android device makers, Samsung is free to create its own app store and digital assistant." It is stated in.
source: Bloomberg, Reuters
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